Taconite Ridge 1 Wind Energy Center
Wind power plant · St Louis County, Minnesota
Nameplate capacity
25 MW
Rank in Minnesota
#91
of 804 plants
In service since
2008
May 2008
Details
- Primary fuel
- Wind
- Technology
- Onshore Wind Turbine
- Operator
- ALLETE, Inc.
- County
- St Louis County
- Generating units
- 1
- Share of state capacity
- 0.13%
- Rank among wind plants in Minnesota
- #39 of 121
- EIA plant code
- 56630
Generating units
| Unit | Technology | Nameplate | Summer | Online | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Onshore Wind Turbine | 25 MW | 25 MW | 2008 | Operating |
Nameplate is the maximum rated output; summer capacity is what the unit can reliably deliver on a hot day, which is typically lower.
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| Maple Lake | Other | 25 MW |
| Rock Lake CT | Other | 25 MW |
| Wilmarth | Other | 25 MW |
| Koda Biomass Plant | Other | 23 MW |
About this data
From EIA’s inventory of operable generators, May 2026 release. Capacity is nameplate — the maximum rated output of the equipment, not what the plant actually generates over a year, which depends on how often it runs. A 25 MW solar plant and a 25 MW nuclear plant have the same entry here and produce very different amounts of electricity.
“In service since” is the earliest in-service date among the units still listed, so a site rebuilt around newer equipment can read as younger than the site itself. All Minnesota power plants · What Minnesota actually generates